Lai Kuncheng (born 3 June 1964) is a Taiwanese politician, and a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Due to changes in his father’s working environment, Lai Kuncheng attended five schools as a child.
After meeting with Chen Shui-bian, he began working in the Legislative Yuan’s DPP caucus, which was in need of support.
It was then recommended for Lai to go to Wu Boxiong, the Minister of the Interior who was also the chairman of the Central Election Commission.
Lai Kuncheng had to stay in the National Taiwan University Hospital for a week after this incident which Police Commissioner Zhuang Hengdai personally apologized for, specifically for the poor usage of the guard's powers.
Lai Kuncheng gave a speech in Taitung and was encouraged by party bosses to run in the election.
In the end, he was persuaded by local elders telling him that Taipei is not short of a lawyer, and that Taitung would benefit from his presence.
In 2005, Wu Junli was elected to the 15th term of the Taitung County Magistrate but was dismissed on the day he took office due to corruption.
[2] On 28 October, the Central Executive Committee of the DPP approved the nomination of Lai Kuncheng to run for the Legislative Council by-election.
In 2012, Lai Kuncheng and Liu Chuhao failed in their re-election bid to the Taitung County constituency.
Although he was supported by the forces of the County Magistrate Huang Jianting, he was defeated again by then-legislator Liu Chuhao.
[5] On 7 October 2011, after the incident of female firefighter Lai Wenli being hit and amputated by a drunk driver while on duty on 1 October, Lai Kuncheng questioned the Minister of the Interior at the Internal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan, saying the ratio of female firefighters was too high.